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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Zubdat-un-Nissa Begum
| image =
| caption =
| title = [[Shahzadi]] of the [[Mughal Empire]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Sipihr Shikoh]]|1673}}
| issue = Ali Tabar Mirza
| house = [[Timurid dynasty|Timurid]]
| father = [[Aurangzeb]]
| mother = [[Dilras Banu Begum]]
| birth_date = 2 September 1651
| birth_place = [[Multan]], [[Mughal Empire]] <br> (present day [[Multan]], [[Pakistan]])
| death_date = {{death date and age|1707|2|17|1651|9|2|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Delhi]], [[India]]
| burial_place =
| religion = [[Sunni Islam]]
| burial_date =
| full name =
}}

'''Zubdat-un-Nissa Begum''' ({{Lang-fa|زبده النساء بیگم}}; 2 September 1651 – 17 February 1707) was a Mughal princess, the third daughter of Emperor [[Aurangzeb]] and his wife [[Dilras Banu Begum]].

== Life ==
Zubdat-un-Nissa Begum was born on 2 September 1651 in Multan. Her father was [[Aurangzeb]], who was then a prince,<ref name="Sarkar1973">{{cite book | author = Sir Jadunath Sarkar | date = 1973 | title = History of Aurangzib: Reign of Shah Jahan. War of succession | publisher = Orient Longman | pages = 38}}</ref> and her mother was [[Dilras Banu Begum]]. A well-read woman,<ref name="Mirza1969">{{cite book | author = Sarfaraz Hussain Mirza | date = 1969 | title = Muslim Women's Role in the Pakistan Movement | publisher = Research Society of Pakistan, University of the Punjab | pages = 4}}</ref> Zubdat-un-Nissa had in-depth knowledge of the doctrines of [[Islam]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Schimmel|first=Annemarie|title=Islam in the Indian Subcontinent, Volume 2, Issue 4, Part 3|year=1980|publisher=Brill|location=Leiden|isbn=9789004061170}}</ref>

Zubdat-un-Nissa married her [[first cousin]], Prince [[Sipihr Shikoh]] on 30 January 1673, he was the third son of her paternal uncle, Crown Prince [[Dara Shikoh]] and her aunt [[Nadira Banu Begum]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Sir Jadunath Sarkar|title=Volume 3 of History of Aurangzib: Mainly Based on Persian Sources|year=1981|publisher=South Asian Publishers|page=39}}</ref> She was given a marriage portion of 400,000 rupees.<ref name="Sharma2016">{{cite book | author = Sudha Sharma | date = 21 March 2016 | title = The Status of Muslim Women in Medieval India | publisher = SAGE Publications India | pages = 113 | isbn = 9789351505679}}</ref> A certain Hamida Banu Begam arranged the marriage feast.<ref name="Mukherjee2001">{{cite book | author = Soma Mukherjee | date = 2001 | title = Royal Mughal Ladies and Their Contributions | publisher = Gyan Books | pages = 106 | isbn = 9788121207607}}</ref> In 1676, Zubdat gave birth to a son, [[Shah]]zada [[Ali Tabar]], who died within six months of his birth.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hansen|first=Waldemar|title=The Peacock Throne : The Drama of Mogul India.|year=1972|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass|isbn=9788120802254|pages=393|edition=1. Indian ed., repr.}}</ref>

She died on 17 February 1707, less than a month before her father.<ref name="Irvine1971">{{cite book | author = William Irvine | date = 1971 | title = Later Mughal | publisher = Atlantic Publishers & Distri | pages = 2}}</ref>

==Ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''Zubdat-un-Nissa'''
|2= 2. [[Aurangzeb|Muhi-ud-din Muhammad Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor]]
|3= 3. [[Dilras Banu Begum]]
|4= 4. [[Shah Jahan|Shahab-ud-din Muhammad Shah Jahan I, Mughal Emperor]]
|5= 5. [[Mumtaz Mahal]]
|6= 6. [[Mirza Badi-uz-Zaman Safavi]]
|7= 7. Nauras Banu Begum
|8= 8. [[Jahangir|Nur-ud-din Muhammad Jahangir, Mughal Emperor]]
|9= 9. [[Jagat Gosain]]
|10= 10. [[Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan]]
|11= 11. Diwanji Begum
|12= 12. Mirza Rustam [[Safavid Dynasty|Safawi]]
|13=
|14= 14. Mirza Muhammad Sharif
|15=
|16= 16. [[Akbar|Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar, Mughal Emperor]]
|17= 17. [[Mariam-uz-Zamani]]
|18= 18. [[Udai Singh of Marwar|Udai Singh]], Raja of [[Jodhpur State|Marwar]]
|19=19. Manrang Devi of [[Gwalior]]
|20= 20. [[Mirza Ghiyas Beg|I'timad-ud-Daulah]] (= 28)
|21= 21. [[Asmat Begam]] (= 29)
|22=22. Ghias ud-din ‘Ali Asaf Khan
|23=
|24=24. Sultan Hussain [[Safavid Dynasty|Safawi]]
|25=
|26=
|27=
|28= 28. [[Mirza Ghiyas Beg|I'timad-ud-Daulah]] (= 20)
|29= 29. [[Asmat Begam]] (= 21)}}

==References==
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[[Category:Timurid dynasty]]
[[Category:People from Multan]]
[[Category:Indian female royalty]]
[[Category:17th-century Indian women]]
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[[Category:Daughters of emperors]]

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